Piano-case legs.



R. A: (SALLY,

PIANO CASE LEGS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 19:7.

1,245,579. I Patenteli Nov, 6, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. GALLY, or CINCINNATI, oi-rro, assrenon TO THE BALDWIN COMPANY, or

. CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PIANO-CASE LEGS.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. GALLY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State'of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano-Case Legs, of which the following is a specification.

In this applicants prior Patent No. 1,103,753, July 141, 191%, there is shown a means of suspending a pumper pedal support under a player action suspended from the under face of the keybed of a grand piano, a rail being attached to the pumper pedal support and to blocks at the ends of the case. In the present invention the outer end attachment of such rail is made to the detachable legs of the case, and the blocks or leg rails of the prior patent are now developed to allow the use of legs separately removable from the said rails, and also to permit each such leg to stand midway of one of the said rails, securing a three leg piano case design instead of the many legs of the prior patent showing, which prior style limited such a case to a Sheraton or similar art treatment.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front View of a player grand piano case and player action, pumper pedal support, support rail, leg rails, and legs;

Fig. 2 an end View of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the under face of its keybed at the right end and showing the right leg thereon.

The keybed 1 has a player action 2 suspended therefrom, and two leg rails 3, 4L, removably attached to its under face, one at each end of the keybed, the rail A being recessed 0r chambered on its inner side to allow room for that end of the player action 2 without widening of the case therefor. To the under face of this rail 1 is attached a sheet steel plate 5 extended over the bottom of the recess of the rail 4 and also extended under the adjacent end part of the player action 2. A case leg 6 has any suitable means as the dovetail lug 7 screwed to it removably engaging the said leg to the plate 5 of the rail 1. At the other end of the keybed is a leg rail 3 which in some pianos may require recessing as with the rail 1, but in some instances does not require recessing, and rail 3 is now shown without such recess, but has a plate simi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application-filed September 7, 1917. Serial No. 190,249.

lar to plate 5 of rail 1, and this plate 8 extends under the adjacent part ,of the player action 2 if such action- 2 comes that near that end of the case. A lug 7 screwed to the leg 9 is provided to removably attach the case leg 9 to the plate 8 which is screwed to the case and rail 3.

Such a structure allows the legs 6, 9, to be of any desired thickness extending within the outer limits ofthe player action 2, while if such legs 6, 9, were attached direct to the keybed 1, or the legs 6, 9 and rails 2, 3, were made solid together and attached directly to the keybed 1, the case would have to be widened to allow the legs and rails to clear the player action 2 at its ends, and thus be attachable to the keybed 1.

If a pedal support for either piano pedals, player pumper pedals, or both such pedals, be desired, such a support 10 of any style may be supported wholly or partly by a support rail 11, such rail 11 preferably having suspension means as 12 from the keybed 1 at any place or places intermediate the length of the said rail 11, as in applicants said prior Patent No. 1,103,753, or such rail may have some other intermediate support, or no support other than the attachment of the two ends of the said rail 11 to brackets 13 on each leg 6, 9, or by any other suitable separable attachment to the legs 6, 9, or the rail 11 is preferably held by some means intermediate its length as well as by attachment to the two legs 6, 9.

The case legs 6 and 9 are held in from working forward off of the leg 7 by wedge 14: pivoted on bolt 15 on the plates 5 and 8.

Various modifications may be made to the present showing and yet be subject to what I claim as my invention, which is 1. A keybed; a player action attached to the under face of the said keybed; a leg rail attached to the under face of the said keybed at one end of the said player action, and a recess in the inner side of the said rail and in which recess the said player action extends; and a plate attached to the under part of the said rail and extended across the said recess, and a leg detachably secured to the lower face of the said plate.

2. A keybed; a player action attached to the under face of the said keybed; a leg rail attached to the under face of the said keybed at one end of the said player action, and a recess in the inner side of the said rail and in which recess the said player action extends; and a plate attached to the under part of the said rail and extended across the said recess, and the said extended part of the said player action, and a leg detachably secured to the lower face of the said plate.

3. A keybed; a player action attached to the under face of the said keybed; a leg rail attached to the under face of the said keybed at one end of the said player action, and a plate attached to the under part of the said rail and extended beneath the said player action at that end thereof, and a leg detachably secured to the lower face of the said plate.

4. A keybed; a leg rail attached to the said keybed at each end of the said bed; a

leg detachably secured to each said leg rail; and a pedal support positioned between the said two legs and clear thereof, and a support rail attached to the said pedal support and detachably secured to each of the said removable legs.

5. A keybed; a leg rail attached to the said keybed at each end of the said bed; a leg detachably secured to each said leg rail; and a pedal support positioned between the said tWo legs and clear thereof, and a support rail removably attached to the said pedal support and detachably secured to each of the said removable legs.

ROBT. A. GALLY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. Srsson, N. KEISER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

